Published : 2019-03-29

Small cooperative savings and credit unions – financial supervision determinants and financial condition

Abstract

In 2017 as a result of the statutory amendment in polish credit union sector, a new type of cooperatives was appeared – a small credit union. Institutions that meet the criterion of a small credit union may offer only a limited range of financial services compared to other cooperatives, however, the burdens resulting from financial supervision have been mitigated. This change has resulted of the implementation of the Constitutional Tribunal’s judgment recognizing the supervision of small credit unions as unconstitutional. The aim of the study is to assess the introduced changes in the supervision of small credit unions in conjunction with their financial condition compared to the entire credit union sector in two time span; in 2014 and 2017. The regulatory changes introduced in small credit unions are minor, their purpose was primarily to fulfill the obligation arising from the judgment CT. In 2017, there were nine small credit unions, representing over ¼ of the sector institutions, and the share of their balance sheet total in this sector was below 1%. On the other hand, small credit unions are characterized by greater stability although they have a similar profitability compare to the entire sector.

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credit unions, small credit unions, financial supervision, financial condition

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G21, G28, L38


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Golec, M. M. . (2019). Small cooperative savings and credit unions – financial supervision determinants and financial condition. Safe Bank, 74(1), 92–114. https://doi.org/10.26354/bb.5.1.74.2019

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